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John Prescott

A recent Atticus item (“They don’t make ’em like that in Hull, Prezza”, August
21) stated that John Prescott (Lord Prescott of Kingston upon Hull) was
“lying, lying, I tell you” about where he got his degree and met his wife.
This serious allegation was false and entirely without foundation. He was
not lying. The article had wrongly attributed a comment on Twitter to Lord
Prescott. We are happy to set the record straight and apologise to Lord and
Lady Prescott for the offence and damage caused.